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Today we will read Matthew 5:4 which says, “Those who mourn are blessed, for they will be comforted.”

This comes from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount - and specifically the portion known as the Beatitudes. The word beatitude comes from latin meaning supreme blessedness. Who doesn’t want to be supremely blessed?

Here Jesus tells us exactly who they are. They are mourners. They are the ones in need of comforting.

Surprised? Jesus once again topples our conventions. You’d think the blessed ones were those who had everything. No lack of any kind. Happy, healthy, wealthy, no need to mourn. That’s for the wretched.

And yet Jesus says those who mourn are blessed. And it appears the blessing comes because they will be comforted. Comforted by Whom? Well based on the rest of the beatitudes, comforted by God.

Do you want to be supremely blessed? Then do this…mourn. Go to God in mourning. Grieve the loss, mourn the pain whatever it is. Jesus doesn’t say the nature of the mourning - or the cause. He just says those who mourn will be comforted by God. Do God the honor of your honesty. Be honest enough with yourself to face that which needs comforting. In all of us, there is more than enough to mourn. There is more than enough for God to comfort today.

“God I mourn my own failure. Sometimes I can’t even put into words the source of my tears. But You can comfort. I need You.”